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THB CHAPEb AND OflUM hoOhs
eoription In largo gilt ea-box. characters on
playground Of green, and this inscription. be-
Ing Interpreted. roads:
oREEr1No OF THE WHOLE ORDER 10 HIS HOLINESS.
To the right Of the doorway. on q strip Of red
Q foot wide, and reaching from the ceiling to
the door. 10 the inscription. also In Chinese
characters, Of course:
TIE HOLY wRITTNos Al THEY APPEARED BHvoRn
EYMADs OF PEoPLh
On the left side OF the doorway on 0 similar
strip OF bright red 10 this:
AND NJ SHALL Continue roREvRRMonn
THROUGH THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS
OF YEARS.
The effect Of this little pagan temple Of wcr.
and picturesque. The room 10 jealousy dark
sned. the rear MindoTs being not o9ly painted s
Is thick Brussels carpet Of large. sombre.
red and BILOXI figure. Ranged along each side
OF the wall are rows OF large square. backed
chairs OF black polished wood as hard 40
iron, and richly carved In grotesque designs.
The walls are handsomely papered. and from
the ceiling close to the doorway hang two great
pagoda-like lanterns
But the central glory Of all Is Of course the
Coon. before whom all good Ohinamsn, even
those who are Christianized. stand with revsr-
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tend the Middletowp trip, and that the sooner
~ Tiel set ont Tor there the batter. a.. IA.
ysSIS s ssy:
bSd Allen bal aide up and the other Dat aide
down, Il would have meant that the ohanoes OF
lnoky journey were Jus! ebout even. .
snce OF good LUCK, and wanted another. On
the altar In . lax were hundred or more thin
An inch wide. Ju Tien went up to this jar and,
muttering soms moro prayers closed his eyes
and took one VI the sticks from the. jar At ran
dom. On each OF the sticks Ia inscribed num-
ber, and In book Of fate. which 10 one OF the
Joss house propertieg, there Is set opposite eneh
prophecies are little after the Bunaby, n-so:
be-ss- how, Why-not2 order Of predictions, and
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and other little games wherein powers UNI
seen work revenges on irreliKous Cinnamon.
Not only are regular pagan ceremonies held
ct the altar OF Rwan Coon. but Individual
Cinnamon are continually going to II to offer
up their prayers, aud particularly to invoke
the JOSS to tell them a. TO the prospects OF any
enterprises thoy have on foot coming to q sue
csssful issue. For this latte, purpose there
rest upon the altar two little blocks OF wood
somewhat crescent shaped and hat on one side
and rounded on the other While the opium
opium smoke was stretching out into q thin,
through the front window and the sleek China
man AZ the, centre table was somnonently
tpmbling with the Rrimy counters before him,
the door from the outer world quietly opened
and two dainty little Celestins Sided In In q
modest deprecating sort Of way Ju Tien
Was the name OF one and Wye jap was the
other. Both OF them gave the sleek man
at the table q sing;sonR greeting, which he
sleeptly returned. Neither OF them liked re-,
porters, and they distinctly turned up, their
nosos At one who was present, after which they
for they had
pany. and he made himself useful 81 serving
as Q screen TO keep on the eyes Of the foreign
ABOUT going to Middletown to en- bark In the
laundry business, To do this be knalt on both
knees before the altar, taking In each hand one
Of the eTeseent:shaped pieces Of wood. Theso
he knocked softly together whila he prayed In
= whisper. and at the Snd 9i his prayer no let
Isll with the az a.. side gH TSlP mssah e. ne
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A CHARITY THAT BEGINS At HOME
What the New York Turu.verein BIosns-
ingdaie 10 Doing for Its Members

What the New York Turu.veretn BIoem-
inedaie 10 Doing for Its Members.
The New York Turn-verein Bloomingdale
Is q society having for its object the physical
and mental cultivation OF its members and
their children, and the preservation OF the GUS
toms and language OF their fatberand. The
society is q branch OF the North American Tur-
ner confederation. which has about 80 600 adult
members, and educates about the same num-
Der Of children In the schools connected with
the various branch societies throughout the
United states The New York Turn vereln
present. t wes W
building erected for Its own uses In 1874. The
present establishment having become made.
quate. owing to the increase in members and
scholars 1t has been decided that a larger and
more suitable building shall he obtained, and
the west side OF the city have become inter-
ested In the enterprite OF the society, hand
Sst was rsS ~ ITSm iaiE which
increased several thousand dollars by sub
scriptions from Oswald OltendQrfer. George
EsRenns and T. sse n bsieh FINK son. A.
'S ss has sSuaG the nSs s
street, the building occupying three city lots.
i g u spenis wants. IN. sdS!e' 'iV mSi9t1Ins
from to Is years @ Of aSe or
training, besides classes OF the same sort Tor
drawing, German reading aud writing elocu-
ton; singing. natural history, and a code Of
work in the girls classes. For the use Of mem
ber" Of tho society It is intended 70 provide
one OF the most complete and thoroughly
teach ors. who will instruct them according TO
tho principles employed by the German turn
vereins generally. which advocate a gradual
and general development of tho entire body.
bpeetal classes meet Tor inslrnctloR In fencing,
boxing. &c. library will bc arranged in n
room SGT apart for the purpose. large hall
will be devoted TO entertainments for the mem
bers and their friends.
The ladies OF the society will have hand
Romely furnished parlor for their exclusive use
The present erappod quarters Of the society
have been standing hlpdranoO 10 III growth
Aad - the uSSf1lASaS Of The school
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KwANi COON. THE MIGHTY.
II Joss Is holding q reception Of any kind you
punssnt odor OF Joss sticks and burning paper
and inconse creeps down erimy staircase up
Ha doof G sosso sns
ryd and yellow aud green paint. ike the front
face sS y SKIN s'H like !anDsd isatSsr two
force little black eyes, and sharp. narrow lit
tle head, with mass OF coarse long hair har-
ing out from II In oil directions and as black as
INK Il You pass The sHqtny o. this aes yoI
well lighted and comparatively ehssriai This IS
o. ths Lun Gee Tong society.
Lpn See Tong S,Ig Is very ancient society
Hasons Tha signs arc ana the ritual
varies from that OF the Free Masons "a known
have about 5000 members here in New York.
and all who get In have to pay an Initiation fee.
sa beenss 10 the j.
siety. There is . public Joss up at 200 Chat
Hlgh, up on the irept wall Of the room, was a
pillars surmounted by globes and resting on a
the stsrnslly yigiant eye and, In large red let.
tors, the words
I'm COP WE TRUST"
Just under this picture. built up about three
toot from inc moor, WAS pIAttOFm spTohu over
with mats, and stretched out on these mats.
With Q little glass peanut oil lamp between
them, were two able bodied Celestlals lnvtg-
Grating their constitutions by smoking opium.
On the west side OF the wall was cheap mir
FOR. with q switch OF red cloth hung around its
top. and on the same wall. and on the other
aide OF the door leading into the anteroom.
there was grouped upon the wall like collec.
ton Of hrmor. o tastefully arranged array OF
the weapons with which the Celestials produce
these appalling combinations Of noise. which
they refer to aa muAic-long, eptdery-look-
inR banjos. bamboo Wind instrumental.
sasrsss & AEa sDSSssssSss G:
Across the room under q table wa What
looked Ike . m4ckerel keg, with dried
leather tied over the. ends; that was tom;
tom. In the centre Of the room was round
table ut which fat Chinaman sat gazing In
kently on Q counting machine before him.
Naither he nor the two citizens who were en-
hanelns their longevity with opium looked up
or paid the slightest attention to the new
eomera. when they came In. A dead silence
Fsigned over everything, broken only by the
eqreling OF the opium pipes and the soft
Whistling Of the wind through the little, stove
TO the chimney The floor WAS covered with
bright llnoleum, and the walls were newly pa
pered. There was very tidy air about every
Thing, even to the opium divAn.
IBuI this was only the common room. devoted
% opium soelabillty and Christian RELIGIOUS
Bask pariof opening Into the hont room
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Wnlcn StA0uS out
about three feet from tho wall. and on the wall
itself. is the mighty Kwan Coon himself, the
original Joss and heaven god At his right Is
his body guard. swarthy- looking person, sug-
gestiye OF an Anarchist In one Of his more
frantic moods. and at his loft is a bland and
sleek laced young man. who - his secretary,
Jon Hay is the name OF the body guard and
II he does not look like an Anarchist.
he does look as Jim Bludsoe might
have looked after he had been hold
ing her nose agin tho shore" under
trying circumstances. There Is .pothing low
down about the appearance Of kwan Coon
himself. and II II were not Tor his oppression
OF absolutely idiottc self-coneeit he might pass
for y decent enough sort OF joss. He ID twirl-
Ing long, silky goatee In the most self-sats-
He'd manner. and 1t is clear that II there are
any sweller Jossss In the celestial kingdom he
Is not aware OF the fact. Before him there
on the opposite him is flied with stubs OF loss
sticks and the ashes Of counterfeit money offer
are three teacups Allied, with moi mol due and
a barrel might DO drank with impunity so far
- any fear Of intoxication 10 concerned.
kwAn Coon never takes any himself, but the
article Is constantly kept there In case no
might want II. rs Is also quantity OF orange
peel. sweetened dough. and other delicacies.
Kwan Coon and his body guard and secretary,
II should be borne In mind. are all painted In
very bright oolors on tho same rice paper.
Way down on the floor In one corner. to tho
left Of the mighty Kwan Coon. 10 q shield OF
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THE SHRINE.
ence. The altar table 10 of the same black
iron-like wood as the chairs-tha. Is SO much
OF II a. is Of wood. Its general effect Is gilt
tering mass Of gold and silver. The front Is Q
solid piece Of figures In relief all Of gold, and
forming ssries OF allsgories.
The first group In the upIer left. hand corner
represents Industry. laborer Is loading q
IL pudgy dump Of gold which 10 supposed to
represent . boy. Near BY il another laborer.
and he is leading still another clumpy boy by
the hand, much against the young gsntemans
wishes One Of Mr.. Georges land monopolists
Is sitting In the doorway OF his house, look
ing with grim Indifference upon this touching
scene Of relucts nce to work for living.
Then after this alleROry is the aliegory OF
Wisdom. A sage Is seated BY O stream en-
Gagged In the PEACEFUL occupation Of fishing,
and as he fishes he pulls his long, flowing
beard and lectures to number OF awe-strick-
on persons. who seem to DO taking In all his
stories about the fish he has caught IA solid
gospel truths. Below all this and reaching clear
across the altar fropt, Is q scene from some
weird and ineomprehsnsible Ohm no drama,
with distressed looking ladies' sevsre-looking
armored parties on horseb back. and u full line
OF supernumeraries. All this work is projected
down during the religious ceremonies.
On tho altar there Ia q gu aintly shaped silver
incense urn, surmounted by a gidsd dragon,
the Identical sacred Hhi Lin who is supposed
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during tho trial Of the
man just convicted.
The widest rumors
Of desperate plans OF
rescue have spread
and found oredencs.
The police force has
been doubled. Four
deputies were In oon-
slant close ard
over the prisoner In
the court room. He
was escorted from
the court room to the
jail by an arm cd
foroa. The elightoet
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yellow paper with
Chinese characters
all over It, and, on o
shabby little 6it OF
board In front OF If.
a bowl full OF sand,
with the re mains OF
o few burned Joss
sticks In front. This
10 the shrine OF q
sort OF q cad OF u
joss, who looks after
the earth and has
nothing to do with
heavenly affairs. The
inseripti ons tell
about hiA influence
on the crops and the
mining Industries.
but be has little
weight, and 10 only
half recognized, for
fear Kwan Coon, who
ls Of q jealous dispo-
sition, might get of
Tended and play hob
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LIN VINO ID supposed
to have been present
at the birth OF the
mighty Confucius.
Thanking this urn,
on each side of II. arc
two great silver can
dlestioks. and on
each side OF them
two other ornament
al urns Of silver-all
I those adornments
being. nearly three
feet high.
Back OF this altar,
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him frequently, but this II expensive, and few
OF ne can afford u. II n TO our advantage OF
course to lose the customers who do not ZIP ne,
without pan6,'
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-31
Tan Bark as Fuel.

Tan bark as fuel is frequently mon.
toned in foreign technical papers. and
seems to be extensively used in the
neighborhood OF the tannerics. 1t. is
simply the oak bark that has been used
in tanning and exhausted Of It's tam
ming properties. II burns with very
little flame. and yields an abundance
of ash. and has n heating capacity
which has been given at from 1000 to
5000 heat units per pound. II is some
times used under steam boilers, and
one factory in Paris reports that the
consumption has been 26a pounds per
horse power per ahour. II Is worked
up with charcoal dust. with tan liquor,
culm and the dust from coke or Ignite.
These are made in various kinds Of
briquettes. These compounds give
very good results when used for do
'mestic purposes but are not we'll adapt
cd for steam making. on account of
the great amount Of ash. which rarely
falls below one.ffth. II 6AeG end Lsathsy
RevisW. ~ 69slspes
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ugh. "oh, IN toll you,r cried abe.

laugh. "Oh, III tell You" cried she
Let's - - ----- -! Will youp"
Eyes, ma'am--ee!" said Robin
Come onW and away they went
1t was about half an hour after tha
Mrs. Trimble, the next neighbor, rar
across the garden into Mamma Gray,
kitchen.
"Mrs Gray" she said, 'there's beer
a woman standing out in your bacl
yard for the last ten minutes, stock
still as u post"
Mamma smiled. Mrs. Trimble wa.
something of gossip. But she looked
out of the kitchen window, all the
same, and true enough, there stood Q
little old woman in shabby black
dress and shabbier gray shawl, and o
bonnet with the veil over her face.
"There, now" said Mrs. Trimble.
"Who do you s'pose 'tisp"
am sure don't know" said nam.
ma. 'She may be a crazy person.
must see where the children are. Poor
thing! perhaps I'd better take out a
lunch to her, and ask her to 90
| along"
~ would" said Mrs. Trimble.
So mamma heaped plate with a
luncheon tit for queen and went out.
Mrs. Trimble went, too.
The strange woman stood very still.
She did not stir. even when Mrs. Trim
BILE cleared her throat with loud
"Ahcmr
"Its the quecrest thing ever heard
Of" said mamma, going closer every
minute; "she must be deaf-or crazy
She-why-why, Mrs. Trimble, it tsn's
woman!"
Then up from each one of the five
nearest post-holcs popped head.
"Oh! ho! ho''
"1ts post-woman, mamma!'
"Oh, didn't we fool you?"
Didn't we though, mammal"
II should say you did," said Mrs.
Trimble, trying hard to frown, but not
succeeding very well. "Thc 1st of
April doesn't come till next year, chill
dren."
'And 10 thlnk dldn t know grhnd-
mas old bombazine dress and bonnet,
as many times rs I've seen them" said
mamma, laughing until the tears ran
out of her eyes. "Wcll, wellr'
And then she gave that nice lunch to
the children, who ate it without offer
ing the poor post-woman SO much as
mouthful.
You never heard any one laugh as
Jotham did when they told him about it.
"1f you amt the beata' 'most!' said
he. "Ho! ho! hor' Youths Com.
paniom.
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ARTIFICIAL EYES.
All Optician Tells Where They Are Made
and What They Are Worth.

and What They Arc Worth.
One-eyed people who can afford it
have two glass eyes, one for day, the
other for evening use. The reason for
this is that the pupil of the eye is
smaller in the day time than at night,
and hence the two glass eyes are of
different sizes, so as to CORES pond with
the natural eye. The price of glass
eyes is becoming cheaper on account
of competition, and at the same time
the quality is better. A common glass
eye may be had for ten dollars, but
they are not good deceptions and dc
not last long. A first-class eye costs
fifty dollars, or even more. The best
will not last over two years. because
the secretions in the hollow of the eye
roughen the glass by chemical action,
and this roughness irritates the flesh.
A glass eye, like false teeth, is taken
out ut night. for it would not be safe
to go to sleep with it in the cavity. It
might drop out, and the slightest fall
would break it. II a person could buy
glass eyes ut wholesale. by the gross,
he could get them for about two dol
lars apiece. But he would have to look
over II great many before finding one to
fit and to match his other eve in
size, color and expression. Glass
eyes are all made abroad. principally
in Germany and France. no factory.
having been started here. although
there is u great demand for them in
this country. A glass eye is not made
after the shape of II natural eye, be-
cause when the latter is taken from the
cavity the tissues just back OF it pushes
forward and leaves but little space.
The false eye is therefore elliptical in
shape. The outer side preserves the
natural form, but tho inner side is ear
Hat, with rounded edges. 1t is slightly
larger that the natural eye, 80 that
when inserted in the cavity it raay not
slip ont. At first it irritates the cye.
lids and the tissues back of the cavity,
but tho welrer grows accustomed to it,
and finds it II rest and u prJtectiop.
A skillful oculst can put glass into
the cavity so that very close observa.
ton is necessary to detect it. Not only
arc tho size and color Of tho natural
eye cornterfeited. but teven tho general
expression. The oculist has yet to dis
cover means of giving that sympathetic
movement which distinguishes pair
of eyes. There is quite y large number
OF people with glass eyes. say one in
four hundrcd. You would not know 1t
by casual observation, for the wearer
OF . glass eye Is so sensitive on the sub
ject that he Is careful Of its actions In
public, and he becomes so accustomed
to the glass orb that he can prevent all
but Intimate friends from discovering
his defect, Science has done better by
him than by the man with the wooden
lin ISL Louis Globc-D Democrat
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-31
HOW TO SUCCEED.
a Talk to Boys-Always a Demand for
Excellent and Faithful Work.

a Talk to Boys-Always Demand for
Excellent and Faithful Work.
A boys position in II commercial
house is usually at the foot of the lad
der. His duties are plain, his place is
insignificant. and his salary is small.
He is expected to familarize himself
with the business, and as he becomes
more intelligent in regard to it he is
advanced to more responsible place.
His first duty, then. is to work. He
must cultivate, day by day, habits of
fidelity, accuracy. neatness and dis
patch, and these qualities will tell in
his favor MS surely as the world re-
wolves. Though he may work unno-
1iccd and uncommendcd for months,
such conduct always meets its reward.
Ionce knew Il boy who was clerk in
large mercantile. house, which en-
p!oyed rs entry clerks, shipping clerks,
buyers, book-kcepers and statesmen,
eighty young men, besides a small
army of porters, packers and truck
men; and this boy of seventeen felt
that amid such cr,wd as this he was
lost to notice. and that any efforts he
might make would be quite unre-
garded.
Nevertheless he. did his duty; every
morning ut eight o'clock he was
promptly in his place. and every power
-he possessed was brought to bear upon
his work.
After he had been there n year he had
occasion to ask Il weeks leave of alb
sence during the busy season.
THAT, was the response, sis an un-
usual request, and one which it is
somewhat inconvenient for us to grant;
but Tor the purpose of showing you
that we appreciate the efforts you have
made since You have been with us, we
take pleasure in giving you the leave
of absence for which you ask"
II didn't think" said the boy, when
he came home that night and related
his success. "that they knew thing
about me, but it seems they have
watched mo ever since / have been
with them"
They had. indeed, watched him, and
had selected him for advancement, for
shortly after he was promoted to po.
sition OF trust, with appropriate in
crease of salary.
1t must be so, sooner or later, for
there is nearly always demand for
excellent work.
A boy who means to build up for
himself Il successful business will find
it u long and difficult task, even if he
brings to bear efforts both of body and
mind; but ne who thinks to win with
out doing his very best will find him
self a loser in the race.-Gollen Days.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-31
DANGEROUS GRowrHs.


Symptoms of tho Principal Varieties OF
Cancer OF the Throat. 3
There are four recognized varieties Of
cancer-epithelioma, encephaloid (like
brain substance), colloid Oike glue),
and scirrhus, the two first named being
the only ones found in this location,
md they are mostly of the epithelioma
variety. Mackenzie found only six
encephaloid growths out of fifty-three
cases of cancer and Ziemssen only
nine out of sixty-six.
Tho symptoms of both varieties, ex
cept as they appear when viewed by
means OF a laryngoscope, are the same.
The first sign of disease noticed is
usually huskiness or weakening of the
voice. At first this is transient, but it
finally becomes permanent. 1t has
been noticed as long Us three years be-
fore the more serious symptoms de-
veloped. The voice is never entirely
lost, as ii is in tuberculosis of the
larynx. and the patient by a violent
effort can make himself heard, oven in
tho advanced stages of tho disease.
The hoarseness depends, early in the
affection, upon an impliticntion of
one Of the nerves concerned in
the management OF the vocal cords.
At. a late period it is due
to liberation and the presence
of ao-called "buds and vegetation up
on the inside of the organ. The breath
ing gradually and surely becomes en-
barrassed. This is due to the increas-
ing size of this growth. and to tie oc-
culrencc of oede,na under the mucous
membrane which still further narrows
tho breathing space. At first there is
difficult breathing on exertiOn only,
then there comes q time when it is
labor to breathe at all, and the face be-
comes more or less blue from defective
aeration of the blood. Attacks OF spasm
OF the glottis and of suifocation are apt
to come on, especially mt night. Tho
voice and breathing may be improved
grortly UNFORTUNATELY this is only tenn
povary) by extraction of portions Of tho
growth. The act of swallowing he
comes interfered with earlier or later,
according to the size and location of the
growth. Ii it begin high up, the inter-
ference is carly; if 1t begin in the vocal
cords or below them, it is long before
swallowing becomes difficult or out Of
the question. AS liberation progresses,
swallowing becomes more difficult, both
from obstruction and from pain, and
utaoaa NJ food ava n =. hJa m 10 th,,o,,,,
into the air passages. In this way q
fatal result may be brought about.
Pressure over the larynx usually pro-
dnces pain at an carly period Of the dis
ease. This is at first OF adull, aching
character, afterwards it b sharp. cut
ting and constantly present When the
gallet. u early involved. the pain is M uch
more intense and serious, ~ 6k Lou1
be-DsmocroA